Rescheduled and Repurposed
Due to the rain yesterday and today (Thursday) we will not be planting garlic on Saturday. Even if we get no more rain the ground is too wet to plant. The new plan is to reschedule the event to Saturday October 11 from 1:00 to 5:00 with dinner and bonfire to follow. The event on […]
The Farmies
This Saturday (weather permitting) is our annual Garlic Planting Gala. We need more people to lend a hand. Here are some comments from participants in past seasons: “The same day as the garlic planting I had front row tickets just behind the Twins dugout for the American League Divisional Series game with the New York […]
Cage Match
First a few announcements: Ever had an urge to spend a gorgeous fall afternoon planting 1,000s of cloves of garlic? Well here is your opportunity! Our Garlic Planting Gala is scheduled for October 4th from 1:00 to 5:00 with dinner and bonfire to follow. We have a few victims, er, volunteers already signed-up but could use […]
Frogs on the Pumpkins!
Yep, we had frogs on the pumpkins last week. We also had frost on the pumpkins. I prefer frogs. At first I felt we had more warning of the upcoming frost. But thinking about it further I realized we didn’t have more warning, we had more experience. I don’t think any of the weather forecasts […]
The F-word
It has been so busy these last few weeks that I never got around to writing a newsletter last week. Since nobody asked about it I wonder if anyone missed it… Anyway, it is about to get even busier. The forecast for Friday night is 39 degrees. What does this mean for the farm? Well, […]
I’m All Ears
Labor Day is just another day here at the farm. Veggies don’t celebrate labor. So we are open our usual hours and our deliveries occur at the usual times (except for Woodbury being a bit late). And more importantly, this is a great day to volunteer on the farm. We can find activities for all […]
Get the Real Dirt
We were really “down to earth” here at Fresh Earth Farms today. Like really down. So down we were below ground. Today we finally finished harvesting the garlic, which happens to grow underground. And once we were done with the garlic we continued our below ground day by digging carrots. We really worked our core muscle […]
Here Today, Gone Tomato
Sorry if we are overwhelming you with veggies. I hope you found ways to use all the produce. I think this week I’ll talk about tomatoes. I find tomatoes one of the most challenging and rewarding veggies we grow. It is also the most costly. We grow somewhere around 20 different varieties of tomatoes. Thirteen […]
TMV: Too Many Vegetables!
With this past week’s plethora of produce I feel it is a good time to talk about one aspect of farming that is unique to CSA farms – produce allocation. Trying to provide the right amount of veggies to each of our customers and their individual needs is impossible. We walk a fine line between […]